"The youngest member at our shelter is a 6 year old boy.. "

 "The youngest member at our shelter is a 6 year old boy.. he lost his parents and his elder brother to a road accident. He had stayed back and was not traveling with them and now we look after him..."

...shared the office bearer of the shelter home we visited earlier today. The 90 year old shelter home cum school is home to over 50 boys who are homeless. Over the last 90 years the organization has changed lives of hundreds of young boys and made them independent and successful. The visit was done on request of my mother who celebrates her birthday today and wanted to do her bit in helping the institution in whatever little way she could and so I paid a visit with her and my little one.

Watching the little kids full of energy and smiles in their habitat was extremely inspiring for all 3 of us present there. It reminded us of the "luxuries" we have that get passed off as "necessities" while we look around desiring more "necessities" that are actually "luxuries"...

The objective of this post is not to show off (as my mother always says, never talk about what you give.. talk only about what you have received) but just to remind us all how fortunate we are (even if you have a laptop/phone and are reading this post on a social media platform) and also to nudge anyone who has been planning to visit such a place to do their bit for the community and has been procrastinating.

"Today" is a good day to add this to your "To-Do" list with a date in case you wish to visit such a place to get some joy of giving.

If anyone wishes to visit this particular institution situated in Mumbai then the address and contact can be seen on the image below.

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